Garment-hanger.



o. E. sLYE. GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1910.

1,086,863. Patented Feb.10,`1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

C. E. SLYE.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 26, 1910.

Patented Feb.' l10, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

'armar FERIE.

GARMENT-HANGER.

To all U1/wm it may concern Be it known that I, CLARENCE SLYE, citizenof the United States, residing at Sandwich, in the county of Dekalb andvbtate of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvement-sin Garment- Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to a novel construction in a collapsible garmenthanger, the object being to provide a simple, efiicient, light device ofthis character which when collapsed occupies a very limited space andwhich may be readily and easily expanded tor the purpose of hanginggarments thereon, and consists in the features of construction andcombinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating this invention: Figure 1 is atop plan view of a garmenthanger constructed in accordance with myinvention showing the same collapsed and folded. F Q is a bottom planview of the same showing it in the same position. Fig. 3- is a sideelevation of the same showing the suspension hook elevated preparatoryto expanding the hanger proper. Fig. 4 is a view similar' to Fig. Qshowing the end meinhers of the hanger moved to their primary outerpositions preparatory to expanding the entire hanger. is a top plan viewot the hanger showing the same eX- panded ready to receive garments suchas coats, vests or ladies waists, and nether garments such as skirts andtrousers. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the same showing a pair oftrousers suspended therefrom. Fig. T is a. fragmentary detail sectionalview on the line 7 7 of Fig. l Fig. S is a detail sectional view on theline 8 8 of Fig. Q Fig. Q is a detail section on the line 9 9 of Fig. 8

The principal object of my invention is to provide a garment hanger fortravelers use .which is light, strong, durable and eliicient and whichwhen collapsed occupies a very small space so as to enable the same tobe easily carried in a pocket, and which, when fully expanded, will beof suicient length to extend into the upper ends of the sleeves of acoat to properly support the latter.

A further object of the invention is tol Specification of LettersPatent. Pat-@Brad Feb, 1Q, g1 Application filed May 26,

1910. Serial No. 563,649.

l provide a collapsible hanger which when expanded presents a curvedsupporting surface corresponding at its end portions substantially withthe inclinations of the shoulder portions of a body garment such as acoat or a ladys waist and Which furthermore is equipped with means forsimultaneously suspending therefrom nether garments suoli as trousers orskirts so that a single hanger will be adapted for the suspension of anent-ire suit.

My said hanger consists essentially of a body portion including aplurality of pairs or' lazy-tong levers l and 2, each pair thereof beingpivotally secured together midway between their ends and joined tocontiguous pairs at their ends by means of rivets in the ordinary andwell-known manner. The middle pair l ot' said lazy-tong levers ispivotally secured together midway between its passing through thecentral openings in said levers and through a washer l disposed belowthe same, the latter being provided with a counter-sunk opening intowhich the end of said shank is expanded, as particularly shown in Figs.8 and 9 The upper end of said member 3 constitutes an eye through whichthe lower end of the rod 5 is passed, thelatter being bent around theupper portion of said member 3 to pivotally secure the same thereto. Atits free end said member 5 is provided with a recess 6, shown in dottedlines in Fig. 1 and in full lines in Fig. 6 in which the enlarged upperend of a rivet 7 is adapted to be received. as will be hereinafter moreparticularly described. Pivotally secured to said rod 5 adjac-ent thefree end portion thereof is a hook 8 similarly equipped at the ofpivotal connection therewith with said rod 5 with a recess 9 similarlyadapted to receive the upper end portion of said rivet 7, as will behereinafter more particularly described.

To the free ends of each of the lazy-tong levers 2 there are securedcurved members l0 and 11 respectively, at one end of each of the latter,the same being pivotally secured together at their other ends. Saidmember 1l is provided at the last-named end with a projection 12extending toward the firstnam'ed end thereof, the same being bent inogee-curved form and depressed to project- .below the plane of themember 11 for reaother end of its shank and beyond the point ends bymeans of a member 3 having a shank Y sons to be hereinafter more fullypointed out. The distance between the pivotal connections 13 of saidmembers 10 and 11 with the lazy-tone; levers Q and their pivotalconnections 1l with each other is very slightly |`(greater than thedistance between the said pivotal cfmnections 153 and the pivotalconnections 15 of the tongs 2 with each other. ll of the said lazy-tongvlevers are curved slightly so that when expanded, shown in Fig. thehanger formed thereby will present a properly curved supporting` surface for the shoulder portions of the garments hung upon the same. lVhen in this position the said projections 12 extend at their free endstoward the axis of suspension of the hanger and constitute hooks for thereception of suitable loops on nether Aarments, such as trousers `orskirts, for suspending" the latter from said hanger.

In Fig. G- I have shown a pair of trousers suspended from saidprojections 12 b v insertingthe same through the loops of the suspenderssecured to the front portions of the trousers*` the hook 8 and rod 5being inserted through the loop of the suspenders secured to the rearportion of the trousers, the latter being;` thus suspended at threepoints. Ladies skirts may be similarly equipped with suitable loops madeof tape, or the like, adapted to be similarly suspended for hanging theskirt from my said device.

The lazy-tonglevers enable the device to be contracted to a very smallwidth in one direction but of increased depth in the manner common tothis class of devices. The said curved end members 10 and 11, how ever7will take up a little more space than the straight lazy-tong levers whenthe device is folded and in order to decrease the total width of thecollapsed device as far as possible and furthermore to hold the samerelatively securely in its collapsed position the same are sprunginwardly relatively to the ends of the collapsed lazy-- tongs. Fig. 4Mshows the said end members 10 and 11 in the position primarily normallyoccupied thereby when the said hanger is collapsed. As previously statedthe distance from the pivots 13 to the pivots 14, is greater than thedistance from the pivots 13 to the pivots 15. Hence to contrac-t thedevice to its utmost limits it becomes necessary to spring the pivots 14past the pivots 15. The curvature of said members 10 and 11 readilypermits this to be accomplished and when accomplished the ends of themembers 11 contiguous to the pivots 14 will be thrown into contact witheach other at a point substantially in axial alinement with the pivotalconnection of the shank of the member 3 with lazy-tongs 1. In order toprevent the said members 11 from being readily sprung outwardly and to.

insure the device remaining collapsed more securely than would otherwisebe the case the said members 11 are provided with projections 16 havingopposing ogee-curved surfaces adapted to contact with and hook into eachother and thus engage each other somewhat .in the manner of a springlatch. Then so engaged the said overlapping projections 1G will coverthe said washer 1, the latter being then disposed between the opposinglends of the respective members 10. Before the device has been socollapsed the hook S is turned on its pivot to invert the samerelatively to the rod 5 and the latter is then turned upon its pivotalconnection with the member 3 so as to lie flat upon one end portion ofone of said lazy-tongs 1. The said rivet pivotally connecting the saidend of said lazy-tong 1 with one end of one of said lazy tongs 2,previously referred to, is now received at its proj ecting` end portionin the said recess 6 in said rod 5 and in the recess 9 in the shank ofthe hook 8, said respective recesses 6 and 9 beingopposed to cach otherand engaging the said rivet from opposite sides. ln order to preventconfusion the pivotal connection of said rod 5 with said member 3 ispreferably so made in any suitable manner as to prevent said rod frombeing turned on said pivot in a direction to oppose the convex facethereof to a convex face of one of said lazy tongs, as it will beobvious that if this were possible it might result in the userattempting to distort said rod in order to cause same to lie flat uponsaid lazy-tong. To this end, in the instance illustrated. the end.portion of said member 5 passing'through the loop of said member 3 isbent to a right angle and is then bent over at its free end to embracethe upper part of said loop thus providing a projection 17 which isadapted to contact with the lower portion of said loop, thus preventing`the same from swinging in one direction but permittingit to swing,`freely in the opposite direction. Thus it is assured that the concaveface of said rod 5, which corresponds in curvature substan tia-lly withthe curvature imparted to the lazytongjs 1, will oppose the convex faceof the latter so that when completely folded or collapsed the devicewill have the thickness only of the several thicknesses of metal of thetongs, rod, hook and end members 10 and 11 while its width will be equalto the sum of the widths of said several lazy-tong levers plus the addeddepth imparted by the curvature of said end members 10 and i 11 and itsgreatest dimension will be equal i to the full length of one of saidlazy-tong levers.

My said device is very simple as will be readily seen and may be made ofvery light and ,strong lmaterial so as to fully answer 1 the purposesfor which it is intended.

I claim as my invention:

l. A device of the kind specified, coinprising a body-portion consistingof a plurality of pairs of lazy-tong levers pivotally secured together,and a. pair of links at each end of said body portion, each of saidlinks secured at one end to the outer end of one of the lazy-tong leversof an end pair and pivotally secured together at their other ends, saidlinks being curved between their ends and relatively disposed so thatthe concave edges thereof are opposed when said body-portion is extendedand constituting extensions for said body portion and shoulder supportsfor a garment.

Q. A device of the kind specified, comprising` a body-portion consistingof a plurality of pairs of lazy-tong levers pivotally secured together,and a pair of links at each end of said body portion, each of said linkssecured at one end to the outer end of one of the lazy-tong levers of anend pair and pivotally secured together at their other ends` said linksbeing curved between their ends and relatively disposed so that theconcave edges thereof are opposed when said body-portion is extended andconstituting extensions for said body portion and shoulder supports fora garment, and a projection at one end of one link of each pair adaptedwhen said body-portion is extended, to project from the extreme endsthereof inwardly into the opening formed between said links.

3. A device of the kind specified comprising a body portion including apair of lazy-tong levers. a suspending device secured to the pivotthereof, pairs of lazy-tong levers disposed at opposite ends of saidfirst-named pair and pivotally secured at one end each to the respectiveends of the latter. two pairs of links pivotally secured at one end ofeach to the free ends of said respective last-named pair of said leversand pivotally secured together at their other ends, all of said leversand said links being curved between their ends'in a plane extendingtransversely to the axes of all of said pivots and providing a completedstrueture presenting a continuous convex supporting surface extendingfrom end to end of the body portion and having enlarged end portions`4L. In a device of the kind specified a body portion including acollapsible lazy-tong lever structure affording a continuous convexsupporting surface for garments extending from end to end of the bodyportion, the garment adapted to rest upon said body portion over itsentire length.

5. A device of the kind specified comprising a body-portion consistingof a collapsible lazy-tong lever structure affording a continuous convexsupporting surface for garments extending from end to end of said bodyportion, and collapsible substantially elliptical loops pivotallysecured to said body portion at the ends thereof, said loops of greaterwidth than said body portion when the latter is fully extended.

6. A device of the kind specified comprising a body-portion consistingofa collapsible lazy-tong lever structure terminating at its ends, whenextended in substantially elliptical loops of greater width than saidbody portion and constituting continuations thereof, said body portionadording a continuous convex supporting surface for garments.

7. In a device of the kind specified, a body portion including acollapsible lazytong lever structure consisting of levers curved betweentheir ends and relatively pivotally movable in a spherical plane, saidstructure when expanded affording a continuous convex supporting surfacefor garments extending from end to end of the body portion, a pair oflinks pivotally connected with each other at one end disposed at eitherend of said structure and pivotally secured at their other ends to thesaid lazytong lever structure at the ends of the latter, said linksconstituting terminals for said structure.

8. 1n a device of the kind specified, a body portion including acollapsible lazy-tong lever structure consisting of levers curvedbetween their ends and relatively pivotally movable in a sphericalplane, said structure when expanded affording a continuons convexsupporting surface for garments extending from end to end of the bodyportion, a. pair of links pivotally connected with each other at one enddisposed at either end of said structure and pivotally secured at theirother ends to the said lazy-tong lever structure at the ends of thelatter, said links constituting terminals for said structure. and beingoppositely curved to project lat-v erally beyond the side edges of saidstructure when the latter is fully expanded.

9. ln a device of the kind specified, a collapsible lazy-tong leverstructure consisting of levers curved between their ends and rela#tively pivotally movable in a spherical plane, said structure whenexpanded affording a convex supporting surface for garments, a. pair oflinks pivotally connected with each other at one end disposed at eitherend of said structure and pivotally secured at their other ends to thesaid lazy-tong lever structure at the ends of the latter, said linksconstituting terminals for said structure, and being oppositely curvedto project laterally beyond the side edges of said structure when thelatter is fully expanded, and a projection on one of said links of eachpair thereof disposed between said links and projecting toward themiddle of said structure when the latter is fully expanded.

10. In a device of the kind specified, a

collapsible lazy-tong lever structure consisting of levers curvedbetween their ends and relatively pivotally movable in a sphericalplane, said structure when expanded afi fording' a convex supportingsurface for garments, a pair of links pivotally connect-- ed. with eachother at one end disposed. at either end of said structure and pivotally secured at their other ends to the said lazytongr lever structureat the ends of the latter, said links constituting` terminals for saidstructure, the distance between the pivot of said respective links witheach other and their pivotal connections with the endlevers ol' saidlazy-tongs beinggreater than the distance between the last-named pivotsand the nearest adjacent pivotal connection between a pair of saidlazy-tongs, said firstnanied pivots` being adapted to be sprung past aline of dead center passing through the second-named pivots when saidstructure is collapsed.

ll. .ln a device of the kind spcciiied, a col.- la psible lazy-tong'lever structure consisting of vlevers curved between their ends andrelatively pivotally movable in a spherical plane, said structure whenexpanded affording' a convex supporting` surface for garments, a pair oflinks pivotally connected with each other at one end disposed at eitherend of said structure and pivotally secured. at their other ends to thesaid lazytong lever structure at the ends of the latter. said linksconstituting;` terminals for said struct-ure, the distance. between thcpivot of said respective links with each other and their pivotal.connections with the end levers of said lazy-tongs beinggreater than thedistance between the last-nan'icd pivots and the nearest :uljacentpivotal con.- nection between a pair of said lazy-tonesv` saidfirst-named pivots beineY adapted to be sprung pastl a line ot deadcenter passing' through the second-nainei'l pivots when said structureis collapsed` and a projection on one link of each pair having an ogeecurved surface, said` surfaces being' opposed and sprung into engagementwith each other when said links are sprung' past said line of deadcenter, substantially as described.

l2. In a device of the kind specified, a collapsible ,lazvtong leverstructure presenting` a convex supporting surface lying in a sphericalplane, a folding suspending device secured to said structure centrallythereof and comprising' a hook, and a link pivotally secured theretoadjacent one end and having pivotal connection with said structure atits other end. f

13. ln a device of the kind specified, a collapsible lazy-tong leverstructure ,presentinlc` a convex supporting surface lying in a sphericalplane, a folding,- suspending device secured to said structure centrallythereof and cou'iprising a lnelnber secured to said structure, a linkliavinghinged connec- Vlien therewitl'i, and a hook pivotally connectedwith said link.

1l. In a device of the kind specified, a collapsible lazy-tong leverstructure presenting' a convex supporting surface lying in a sphericalplane, a foldingsuspending,` device secured to said structure centrallythereof and comprising a Ineniber secured. to said structure, a linkhaving` hinged connec-tion therewith, there being;l a recess in the freeend portion of said link, a hook equipped with a shank pivotallyconnected between its ends with said link between the ends of thelatter` there being a recess in the free end of said shank adapted tooppose the recess in said link, and a projection on said structureadapted to be engaged in said respective recesses to hold said structurewhen folded, substantially as described.

l5. ln a device of the kind specified, a.

collapsible lazy-tong* lever structure presenting a convex supportingsurface lying in a spherical plane, a folding suspending device securedto said. structure centrally thereof and comprising a nieniber securedto said structure, a link having hinged cminection therewith, therebeing a. recess in the free end portion of said link, a hook equippedwith a shank pivotally connected between its ends with said link betweenthe ends of the latter, there being a. recess in the free end of saidshank adapted to oppose the recess .in said link. and a prifjection onsaid structure coincident with one of the pivotal connections betweencontiguous pairs of said lazy-tong levers adapted to be engaged in saidrespective recesses to hold said structure when folded, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed niy naine in. presence. of twosubscriliiing witnesses.

CLARENCE E. SLYE. lv'itnesses RUnoLrn VM. Lo'rz, M. M. BoYLn.

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